Home » The English Empire December 13, 2016 The English Empire A young boy smoking a pipe and stroking a cat, sitting in a chair looking into the distance. SomalilandIan BirrelMOS REVIEW Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother accompanied by the guard commander Major R. Aikenhead, inspects a guard of honor of the Second Battalion the Kings African rifles at the great Indaba in the Matotos Hills, near Bullawayo, Rhodesia on July 8, 1957. Behind the Queen Mother is her private secretary, Lt-Col. Gilliatt. The Queen Mother wears a jacket and dress of white lace. Her white hat is trimmed with white and sapphire blue osprey feathers. (AP Photo)